Current junior aiming for Brown PLME –– Chance Me

blossom
Sun, 26 Feb 2023 04:05:13 +0000

You sound like a fantastic person and I’m sure you’re going to make a wonderful physician.

You need to tone down your language IMHO. “clinical experience” means something to the PLME admissions committee… and it’s not “cleaning up after surgeries”. It’s great that you know what it’s like to work in a hospital setting- but many successful BS/MD candidates DON’T have hospital experience. They’ve worked in homeless shelters, volunteered with the Red Cross, done “plain vanilla” volunteer work with vulnerable populations via Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, they’ve worked in food pantries, they’ve volunteered for hospice organizations and otherwise demonstrated their commitment to people who lack access to healthy food, regular preventative medical care, etc.

Committees want to see that you are a kind, compassionate human being who has some insights into the challenges of being ill, elderly, poor, unhoused, etc. AND have a demonstrated interest and aptitude in science. You don’t need to prove your chops as a teenage Mother Theresa, nor do you need dozens of EC’s. Focus on the three things that are the most meaningful for you, and you’ll be fine. Things like “Research at neurology department of very prestigious medical school” is going to prompt more questions than it answers.